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Shetland Islands
Planning applications.

Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Shetland Islands. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.

Collected application statistics

Collected records · All available dates

9,568Searchable applications

135Recorded as pending

99%Approval rate · 7,697 approved or refused records

115Refused applications

7,582 approved · 115 refused · 259 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 Oct 2004 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026

Planning information Planning and Building Local plan Pre-application advice Pre-application advice Conservation areas Conservation Areas

Council contacts

Planning enquiriesdevelopment.management@shetland.gov.uk Council source
Planning enquiries01595744293 Council source

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Conservation areas and Article 4 directions

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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland. Contains Historic Environment Scotland and Ordnance Survey data © Historic Environment Scotland – Scottish Charity No. SC045925 © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. Data is indicative and may not contain the latest designations.

More application records

Decided2015/145/CAC
To demolish 4 no. flats and carry out reinstatement works
11, 11A, 15, 15A Pitt Lane Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0DW
Received 24 Apr 2015
Decided2015/146/PPF
To erect dwellinghouse with attached garage and boat shed
Plot 14 Camp Brae ZE2 9BY
Received 27 Apr 2015
Decided2015/147/SCR
Screening opinion request for installation of underground potable water pipeline (2.5k) and further underground potable water pipeline (170m) from Sandy Loch reservoir and from the new clear water tank
Sandy Loch Upper Reservoir Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0SU
Received 28 Apr 2015
Decided2015/148/PPF
Change of use of land and erect domestic garage
Taingview Hoswick Sandwick Shetland ZE2 9HL
Received 29 Apr 2015
Decided2015/149/PPF
Partial change of use to vehicle MOT and repair garage for a temporary period of 2 years (Retrospective Application)
Lower Scord Scalloway Shetland ZE1 0UR
Received 29 Apr 2015
Decided2015/150/ADV
To erect sign board
Springfield Hillswick Shetland ZE2 9RL
Received 29 Apr 2015
Decided2015/151/PPF
To erect dwellinghouse and install air source heat pump
Adjacent To Huddins Lower Sound Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0RN
Received 29 Apr 2015
Decided2015/152/SCR
Request for a screening opinion for 2 no. 250 kW C and F wind turbines at Sandwick
Site At Swinister Sandwick Shetland ZE2 9HH
Received 29 Apr 2015
Decided2015/153/PPF
To erect dwellinghouse
Challister Brough Whalsay Shetland ZE2 9AN
Received 30 Apr 2015
Decided2015/154/PPF
To erect dwellinghouse; retain existing access, turning area, parking and drainage system
Herrafjell Vidlin Shetland ZE2 9QB
Received 4 May 2015
Decided2015/155/PPF
Provision of bus/coach/driver car parking, additional hard standing and siting of storage hut (Retrospective Application)
Lerwick Observatory South Road Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0JF
Received 4 May 2015
Decided2015/156/PPF
To erect 2 no. dwellinghouses and improve existing access
Freester Skellister South Nesting Shetland ZE2 9PP
Received 4 May 2015
Decided2015/159/PPF
Change use of land from croft to garden ground and create additional vehicular access
Lottrabrekk Gott Tingwall Shetland ZE2 9SF
Received 6 May 2015
Decided2015/160/PPF
Installation of biomass heating system and underground district heating pipework
Scalloway School New Road Scalloway Shetland ZE1 0TN
Received 6 May 2015
Decided2015/161/PPF
To erect two storey extension to existing dwellinghouse
23 Knab Road Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0AX
Received 7 May 2015
Decided2015/162/PPF
To install septic tank and land infiltration system; surface water soak-away to serve new dwellinghouse currently under construction
Westerhouse Vatsetter Yell Shetland ZE2 9BU
Received 7 May 2015
Decided2015/163/PPF
To construct a temporary office and locker facilities
Sellaness Industrial Estate Mossbank Shetland ZE2 9QR
Received 8 May 2015
Decided2015/012/MSS
To replace an existing sea cage development with sixteen 100m-circumference cages and a 10m diameter c-cap feed barge for on-growing of salmon
The Flaeshins, North Fetlar
Received 20 Mar 2015
Decided2015/164/PPF
To site temporary portacabin for 3 years (Retrospective Application)
Ling Beach East Isle Out Skerries Shetland ZE2 9AR
Received 8 May 2015
Decided2015/165/PPF
To replace UPVC windows with hardwood conservation style windows
Norhamlea 28 King Harald Street Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0DJ
Received 8 May 2015
Decided2015/166/PPF
To erect temporary meteorological mast for 3 years
Burravoe Yell Shetland ZE2 9BJ
Received 8 May 2015
Decided2015/167/PPF
To install external access ramp
Gracefield Sand Bixter Shetland ZE2 9NQ
Received 12 May 2015
Decided2015/168/PPF
To erect extension to existing dwellinghouse
2 Midgarth Crescent Lerwick Shetland ZE1 0BH
Received 12 May 2015
Decided2015/169/PPP
To erect 2no. dwellinghouses (Planning Permission in Principle)
Hoswick Sandwick Shetland ZE2 9HL
Received 13 May 2015

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Researching a proposal in Shetland Islands

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What these statistics cover

These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Shetland Islands, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.

The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.

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